Alice Cooper: School's Out (1972) - Song Review

Official Score = 3 1/2 Devils 

When I was a teenager and was just beginning to get pretty involved in horror movies, one of the first types of horror movies that I got in to was the, 'Teen Slasher' horror movie craze that was really popular back in the mid 90s... There  was a ton of them, including such awesome fanfare as: Scream (1996) & I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), as well as so much more!

But there was one movie that at the time I had mistaken for being one of the teen slasher films, that being... The Faculty (1998)... Now I thought that this movie was the in a similar context to the ones that I had mentioned above because... Well let's be honest here, it is a horror movie that definitely involved teens fighting an overwhelming threat... But well... As it turns out it was more of an Alien Invasion then a teen slasher... but well, that is something else for the future...

The reason that I mention this is because there is a song that I first heard that was a part of the soundtrack to this movie, and which was first released by Alice Cooper... And that song being: School's Out (1972)!

Alice Cooper doing, 'School's Out' live!

Now this album was released in 1972 as a part of his fifth album of the same name I would say is one of his more popular songs, having been covered many times over the decades, as well as having been used in a bunch of movies as well as TV series such as: Degrassi. Glee & The Simpsons... That is to name a few!

So if you haven't heard this song yet, check out Alice Cooper singing it live:

For Alice Cooper fans... The Lyrics to: School's Out (1972)!

Well we got no choice
All the girls and boys
Makin' all that noise
'Cause they found new toys
Well we can't salute ya can't find a flag
If that don't suit ya that's a drag
School's out for summer
School's out forever
School's been blown to pieces

No more pencils no more books
No more teacher's dirty looks yeah
Well we got no class
And we got no principals
And we got no innocence
We can't even think of a word that rhymes
School's out for summer
School's out forever
My school's been blown to pieces

No more pencils no more books
No more teacher's dirty looks
Out for summer
Out till fall
We might not come back at all
School's out forever
School's out for summer
School's out with fever
School's out completely